The following statement can be attributed to George Rakis, Executive Director for NextGen Competition (nextgencomp.tech):

As we know, decisions in antitrust cases can have staggering effects that ripple across industries for decades to come. We recently called the decision in the Google antitrust lawsuit a “reckoning for Big Tech.” Now, we urge the Justice Department to think big when it comes to curtailing the tech giant’s monopoly in online search. Allowing smaller businesses to thrive will ​benefit consumers and competition alike, while holding Google accountable and sending a message to Big Tech: enough with anti-competitive behavior and anti-consumer practices.

About NextGen Competition

Our mission is to support a robust and competitive technology ecosystem by opposing anti-competitive business practices and promoting greater industry accountability. Specifically, we oppose consolidation in the industry that undermines worker protections and employer accountability, threatens data privacy and security, encourages market concentration, and limits consumer choice. NextGen Competition intends to work with a broad coalition of unions and public interest partners as it seeks to oppose anti-competitive business practices.